NATO: Off Collision Course

It began as a tale of two deadlines. By far the
more important was set by Charles de Gaulle, who had stipulated that
the Six must achieve a joint grain price by Dec. 15or else France
might pull out of the Common Market. At Brussels last week, his
deadline was met to the day, and while this was a victory for De
Gaulle, it was also a major victory for Europe (see following story).
The other deadline had been set against De Gaulle's opposition by the
U.S., which had insisted that by year's...